Zombie Bait Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 12 days ago Sierra had gastro, diarhea for about 12 hours and then vomiting. I took her to our vet who thought she may have been a little dehydrated and performed a blood test to confirm/deny. Blood test results come back that she wasnt too dehydrated but her white blood cell count was a little high. Diagnosos: virus. Treatment: with hold food for 24 hours, shot of antibiotics, shot of anti-imflammatory and a five day course of antibiotics (Clavulox). The day after the visit to the vets she seemed to perk up, no more vomiting and no diarhea that I know of. Fast forward 10 days and Sierra wakes me up on Monday night for an urgent toilet trip, didnt think anything of it. Then last night she woke me up around midnight for an urgent toilet break. Got home from work this afternoon and did a pooper scoop and found 4 or 5 fresh cow patties. I rang the vet and the vet nurse has asked me to bring Sierra down tomorrow arvo to get checked out again. Can anyone give me any advise? Her diet hasnt changed (IAMS large breed puppy dry food) and we havent found anything suspious in our yard. She hasnt been off leash on her walks so cant of eaten anything she shouldnt of. Is it just a case of prolonged gastro or something else? Our other dog Brembo has been fine, no vomiting or diarhea. Thanks in advance apologies for spelling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puggy_puggy Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 Your dog doesn't have to eat something nasty to get gastro. But I am thinking that she still has an upset tummy from the original gastro. Even the antibiotics could have upset her tummy. Might take a few weeks for things to get back to normal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rijbiz Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 Really sorry to hear Sierra is not well. Both of mine have had something similar in the last couple of weeks. The only thing I have done different is as soon as they finish their antibiotics I give them a dollop of natural yogurt on their biscuits. Don't know if it actually works but my vet advised me to do it to replace good bacteria. They definately enjoy it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombie Bait Posted March 18, 2009 Author Share Posted March 18, 2009 Thanks, rijbiz. Sounds like a good idea, will get her some natural yoghurt for her bickies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombie Bait Posted March 19, 2009 Author Share Posted March 19, 2009 Update: vet has no idea what is wrong with her considering she has gained 800grams in 2 weeks. So I now have to give her Scourban. Do you know how hard it is to get 30ml of scourban down a 46kg rhodesian ridgeback? It aint easy let me tell you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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